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Originally Posted by BDBohnzie
My gripe about ESPN is that it's too long...they really don't go over enough to ward an 120 minute show.
I stick with FOX...but with JB going to CBS, I may have to flip back and forth.
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With very few exceptions, for the past several years ESPN's pregame show is at its peak ratings wise between 11:45-12:15. Particularly from 12-12:15. But then after 12:15 the ratings drop. Not by a dramatic amount but they definitely drop. At the final quarter hour they are their worst. By this time most people have turned to the network that will be broadcasting their team's game. So yeah it probably runs at least a half hour too long. But it won't become a 1.5 hour show. Plus it's much easier to schedule the rest of the day with the program ending at the top of the hour.
FoxSports used to have a pregame show that run from 11am-12p EST. This was different from the FOX pregame show. This one was hosted by Chris Myers. I liked that one a lot, but no one knew about it so I think eventually they just scrapped it.
I actually kind of like CBS' show. If only because it's just football for the most part. Too often Fox feels like an audition tape for Bradshaw and his antics.